Yamagata Prefecture's Hanagasa Festival is known as one of the six major festivals in the Tohoku region. Its trademark is the hats decorated with safflower, the prefectural flower of Yamagata. The Hanagasa Ondo chant "Yasho Makasho" is a must-hear...
"Pokémon GO Fest 2024" was held in Sendai for four days from May 30th to June 2nd, attracting an astonishing amount of excitement from people from all over Japan and the world.
This year marks the finale of the Kokusekiji Somin Festival, which has been going on for over 1,000 years. It's been talked about a lot for a while now, but I couldn't miss the finale without ever seeing it!.
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Aomori Prefecture offers a variety of seasonal scenery. Among them is Nyuhogataki Falls in Nishimeya Village, a soothing spot where you can enjoy fresh greenery and negative ions in summer, and in winter, the waterfall freezes over and becomes a magical place for festivals and illuminations...
Nihonmatsu City, a castle town with a 100,000 koku rice yield, is home to the Nihonmatsu Lantern Festival, one of Japan's three major lantern festivals, the Nihonmatsu Chrysanthemum Doll Festival, Japan's largest, and the Harimichi Abareyama Festival, which has a tradition dating back over 400 years.
Aizuwakamatsu City is a city where history, culture, and traditions still live on, including its symbolic Tsuruga Castle, and the scenery of a castle town is still preserved to this day. The Aizu Festival is held over three days in Aizuwakamatsu, where you can feel this history...
The Shinjo Festival is a three-day summer festival held annually from August 24th to 26th in Shinjo City, a former castle town in northern Yamagata Prefecture. Its gorgeous float procession is said to be "Japan's largest float procession.".
With summer in full swing, thoughts turn to summer festivals... Due to restrictions on activities and self-restraint caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, most places that have refrained from holding summer festivals in recent years are planning to hold full-scale festivals this year...
Japanese people are a festival-loving people. There are festivals held somewhere in Japan all year round. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, festivals themselves have been put on hold for the past few years, but with the lifting of restrictions on movement, this year...
Ryozen-machi, Date City, located in northern Fukushima Prefecture, is a town famous as a power spot. It's home to the sacred mountain and Ryozen Shrine, which have long been a place of deep religious faith, as well as the traditional Ryozen Taiko drumming...
